Do We Need Men? Filipina Street Interviews & Reaction!

Pea shows a clip from an American talk show where women are asked "Do we need men?" — most say no — then takes the same question to the streets of Dumaguete to capture Filipino reactions. The contrast between the American panel's dismissive, applause-line answers and the Filipino respondents' emphatic insistence on needing men for love, family, and emotional completeness forms the core of the video.

The American talk show clip that sparked the video ​

• A dozen women were asked "Do we need men?" — most quickly answered no; only one said yes
• When men were asked the reverse ("Do we need women?"), most said yes
• One panelist described her husband's value as: exterminating bugs, fixing things, taking out trash and recyclables — prompting Pea to interject: "She's really talking about a servant... a handyman with benefits"
• Another panelist suggested those tasks could be outsourced by hiring someone
• A panelist said she needs her husband "three to four times a week" sexually, and "the rest of the time I need a wife"
• One argued that in the political moment, women are the ones saying what needs to be said, calling men "largely useless"
• Another credited women's long friendships (she cited eight girlfriends from Panama she's had since kindergarten for 50 years) as the real reason women can stay married — not the men themselves
• The claim was made that women have deeper friendships and emotional conversations while "men talk about sports, cars"
• When one panelist said her husband talks about his feelings, another responded: "Maybe he's gay"

Chilita — street interview #1 ​

• Says definitively: "Yes, we need men in our lives"
• Acknowledges women are capable but argues men do certain things better — specifically citing men as defenders, protectors, hunters, and breadwinners
• Her deeper reasoning: humans need interconnection and diverse connections for fulfillment; we're not just living for ourselves
• When asked if she has someone in her life: "No comment"

Maria Fab — criminology student with a mandatory short haircut ​

• Called the American women "very mean when talking about men"
• As a Roman Catholic, cites the biblical mandate to "go to the world and multiply" — and you need men for that
• Wants a companion to grow old with and share interests
• Estimates women would last about 10 years without men before slowly dying off because "women find something missing in their lives"
• Believes Filipino women especially appreciate their men; notes OFW culture where Filipino women are sought internationally for being kind, caring, loving, and family-oriented
• Core argument: a strong society requires a strong family unit, and that requires men

A group of young women — emotional response ​

• One says she disagrees with the American women because "we wouldn't be here without men" — no one exists without a father figure
• Another says having a man gives life "more meaning and more color" and provides someone to be with "through highs and lows"
• She wants a family in the future and says "only men can fulfill that"
• When Pea pushes ("Can you not have a family with a woman?"), the response is firm: "How can you have children without a man?"
• They call out the American panelists' framing: the women on TV reduced men to chore-doers and servants, but "you can pay anyone to do those things" — what they're ignoring is that marriage is about give-and-take and building a family together
• One woman shares that she grew up without her father around and that absence is exactly why she wants a complete family — she doesn't want her children to experience a broken home
• Pea adds her own commentary: "We don't have a lot of sperm banks here, so we need men... we don't do the turkey baster kind of thing"

A young man — the male Filipino perspective ​

• Says he needs women for emotional, financial, and household partnership — but frames it as mutual agreement on responsibilities, not one person serving the other
• Marriage timing depends partly on his family's input, though he chooses his own partner (not an arranged marriage)
• He completely disagrees with the American women and argues men are necessary for society to function
• Points out that in the Philippines, you don't see women at construction sites, driving taxis, or driving tricycles — men fill those roles
• Recalls being shocked the first time he went abroad and had a female Uber driver
• Reacts to the American clip emotionally: if he were married to a woman who said she didn't need him on national TV, he'd feel devastated — "She doesn't need me, but we have a child... how can she make a child by herself?"
• Astutely observes that the American women's logic can be reversed: if you can hire a handyman, you can also hire a cook, maid, or escort — so by their own argument, men don't need them either

Women interviewed about a world without men ​

• One says it's a nice feeling to be protected and secured by a man
• Another says a world without men would be the end because "we're going to start killing each other — women are kind of catty"

Pea's closing commentary ​

• Acknowledges the talk show clip doesn't represent the average Western woman
• But notes the amount of clapping and cheering from the studio audience makes you wonder how widespread the attitude really is
• Frames the Filipino interviews as "a dose of sanity" and proof the anti-men sentiment is not universal
• Doesn't moralize beyond presenting the contrast and letting viewers draw conclusions

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